Game News New FO3 trailer

[Inziladun]

When did it start?

Apparently before '97 because the Vault Dweller has a big shoulder pad in those cutscenes as well. I don't really see what the big deal with shoulder pads is.

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[thesheeep]

Doesn't mean the game isn't bad of course; damn console ego-shooter.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

I hate Bethesda; but this teaser is pretty good. Definitely FOish which is exactly what the Codex wants, right? Or has all the whining about 'Bethesda destroying their precious' was all bullshit?

I agree, I enjoyed the teaser too. I am seriously considering putting in an order for Fallout 3, but I don't want to be raped again like I was with Oblivion.

 

[MetalCraze]

"Super Duper Mart"? That just screams lack of creativity on Bethesda's part in addition to this being the second time they've shown the only way they can "get" Fallout is by apeing the first one's intro movie.

Exactly my thoughts

 

[VonVentrue]

The carnage in f01 wasn't as bad as in that though, you could almost argue that the working TV made a tiny lick of sense as being in the 0.01% of shit that didn't get blasted to bits via nuke...

...but when the whole ceiling and the walls are gone, and a person is burned to the bone on a couch a few feet away...

...well fuck, a bit of a stretch no? It's like they took the formula but somehow messed up.

It looks like the couch/furniture was set up post-bombs dropping.

The exact same principle applies to the first teaser, as well (vide suitcases and teddy bears glued to the bus seat). It's the second time Bethesda made an attempt to copy the Fallout's intro formula and once again, the video leaves a bit to be desired.
Apart from that, there's hardly anything to complain about. The landscape in particular looked very good.

... That doesn't change the fact the game is shaping up to be a disaster.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

You would be whining louder if they chose to do something radically different.

 

[Shannow]

You would be whining even louder if they chose to show a real gameplay video.

Fixed.


EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WkBNKa2KXZE
FO's intro. Bombed out city with a "working" TV that breaks down vs. completely flattened landscape with charred pieces of wood lying around and a charred skelleton sitting on an untouched couch next to an untouched teddy. I can't believe that people have problems with understanding that one can be accepted/believed while the other is just so incongruous that it is totally unbelievable. Not to mention that one gives no indication of "when" it is while the other shows a guy in the remnants of a vault suit. Given Bethesda's timeline that would be a few generations after the apocalypse.
And you actually whine because somebody points out the incongruity?

:declineofwesterncivilisation:

 

[don_tomaso]

Hey, this shit looks really good, it almost makes me not care about story and such.. Good work, bethesda!

 

[DarkUnderlord]

The television was clearly moved there after the bombs flattened everything else. Unlike the FO opening - where you assume its happened right after the bomb with the TV surviving through luck in the corner, only to turn off when one assumes the broadcast tower goes down - I think we should assume Mr. Skeleton moved his comfy chairs and television into the nuke flattened house well after the bombs. He setup to watch his favourite shows broadcast through an emergency frequency with his long-time friend, Mr. Teddy. That said, I am in the camp that doesn't really care about it.

Haha, yeah. I wonder if FO3 would 'suddenly' be announced to have isometric view, would lambs start yelling that Beth suck, 'cause they're copycats.

It's about whether they get the story or not. So far, what we've seen are two direct copies from FO1 (which haven't actually been done too badly). How Bethesda handle the unique content they need to create for their own story is the question (there's only so many times they can pull a camera back onto a desolated area. Though who wants to bet the same trick is used in the game's opening movie?). Given the radiated toilet water, portable phone booth radiation protection devices, nuclear exploding bomb cars and so on, I'm thinking they don't get Fallout so well. There's a big difference between copying an existing Renoir versus making your own original painting in Renoir's style. Do you understand enough of the concepts to get it done right or are you just a cheap imitator?

 

[fastpunk]

No gameplay video? How convenient.

 

[denizsi]

Graphical quality is crawling in shit for a company that boosts so much about its "graphical achievements".

 

[Claw]

On the other hand, I, too, wonder how the TV is playing

I don't. I might be disapponted by the TV program though if I cared. It's just... nothing, really.

The environment looks good, the character model is okay, but there isn't much there to have an opinion about, really. I've definitely seen more interesting trailers.

 

[-Pavlos-]

I'm going to pretend that the skeleton is a humorous comment on the American attachment to the television, you can delude yourself too if you like.

 

[Dark Matter]

people have problems with understanding that one can be accepted/believed

Not unless you're a FO fanboy, it's not.

Not that I mind, FO intro wouldn't be half as awesome if it wasn't for that brilliant shot where it pulls back from the TV and you see the destroyed world, then the TV dies and everything goes silent. It's not realistic at all, but it creates a brilliant atmosphere.

 

[Texas Red]

On the other hand, I, too, wonder how the TV is playing

I don't. I might be disapponted by the TV program though if I cared. It's just... nothing, really.

The environment looks good, the character model is okay, but there isn't much there to have an opinion about, really. I've definitely seen more interesting trailers.

Eh, obviously the trailer was beautied up. It's clear that those aren't the real grafix.

 

[Shannow]

I'm not saying it is realistic. I'd be a damn poor game if it were realistic. It is a lot more believable though. And it brings up a lot less questions.
But you all are contagious and so I caught a bad case of stupid from you. I now believe that that the guy moved there after the area was destroyed. He brought a functioning TV with him and a couch and a teddy. All of which he found in a military base infested with mutated grizzlies.
The TV is powered by its own nukular reactor and thus needs no external powersource. The advertisement is on loop. The Super Duper Mart is an enclave hoax to get mutants come to them to be exterminated one by one. No rest for the wicked. The enclave station is nearby explaining the lack of antenna. The guy decided that US TV hasn't changed a lot since the 1950s and thus decides to spontaneously combust. Being made out of nukularly improved asbestos neither couch nor bear are affected by the flames. The vault dweller comes upon the scene shortly after, explaining the lack of dirt or waterdamage on the funiture. The vault dweller is very happy because he can use the nukular asbestor teddy to blow up some nearby cars for fun.
Oh shit, I so want that game now. I'll pre-order it right away.

 

[Curois]

No, we don't know that until we actually see and play the real game.
I actually like this trailer. The TV is just calling onto my suspension of disbelieve, just like the TV in the FO1 intro. This trailer, like the FO1 intro is there to set the mood, and as far as I am concerned it does that fine.
This doesn't mean that FO3 is going to be a good game. We just have to wait and see.

On a whole other sidenote: on the same site is a techdemo for FO3 done by BIS. It's really cool.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Am I the only one that thinks the Skeleton sits/lies on the couch so stupidly "unrealistic/artificial"... so oblivionlike?

 

[Jasede]

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

That also but that isn't my point.

I mean, couldn't they arrange him so that he would look like he is sitting instead of being a log, or maybe this engine is really handicapped in some way.

 

[spiwak]

FO1 opening was better. It's not just the stupid skeleton and teddy bear or the TV somehow working. It's mostly the pacing and this one moves ridiculously quickly, so there's hardly any element of surprise. Can't deduce anything about the game from it, but I guess it does show that Bethesda wants to cater to Fallout fans; as a teaser I think it kind of blows.

 

[WalterKinde]

Why are you guys letting Bethesda pull your goat?
We already know the game will suck, don't get hot under the collar about a trailer that shows no game play etc. or has a tv thats not plugged into anything playing a tv commercial with a charred skeleton on a couch all surrounded by blasted wasteland.

 

[El Dee]

There is a lot of bitching for the sake of bitching in this thread. I thought the landscape didn't look half-bad, and if Beth does it right FO3 could be a decent exploration type game. Of course, I doubt their capable of even doing that seeing as how Oblivion was such a snooze fest.

 

[elander_]

No gameplay video? How convenient.

Exactly what i was going to say. If they want to force players to buy this game blindly you bet it will play like crap.

 

[NiM82]

Pretty meh teaser imo, the first one was better. I bet the landscape, view distance, etc will be a lot shittier in the actual finished game. They managed to fake the texture draw distance and many other things in the Oblivion teasers to make it look shinier for E3.

Almost as unrealistic as a TV that still works after the bombs fell and their EMP waves destroyed all electronical equipment, yeah. Pretty lame.

Your forgetting one small thing, in Fallout's universe vacuum tubes are still the order of the day for electrical equipment. Tubes and primitive electrical components are a lot less vulnerable to EMP than transistor based stuff.